Blogs from Sarajevo, East, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Europe - page 11

Ok...this is blog #3. This blog will include our pics from our ferry rides from the island of Korcula and then the nights in Mostar and the day trip to Sarajevo. Our trip to Sarajevo was great. It was long...and somewhat of a hassle do to road construction. I am in desparate need of a co pilot since my dad's sense of direction is...let's say...a bit OFF. Our day started with getting pulled over by the Mostar police and getting ticketed for not having our lights on at 10 am. Then when we got to Sarajevo...which was really worth it, but a LONG day...having to change a flat as dad and I with the kids...were looking for Lions field (the cemetery built during the war for those killed who could not be buried anywhere else) and ... read more

Sarajevo and Mostar day 6-8 (July 3 - July 5) An amazing bus journey from Belgrade to Sarajevo through the ? Mountain range. Granite outcrops on top of high mountains, and gorgeous valleys. We took a local trolley bus upon arrival, once the electrics had been restored as there had been a problem down the line. As we drove through you could still see the scars of the recent war marking the building with bullet and mortar holes visible in many buildings, with others you can see the patches but the painting was yet to be completed. We were staying in a lovely Pension and we even had a lounge suite. Our room had ensuite while the others had to share. Our orientation tour took us through the modern area of Sarajevo, with Austrian architecture and ... read more

For a change we took the day train out of Serbia....mainly because it was the only train available to get out of Belgrade to Sarajevo. We had to detour though Croatia for a few hours, so we were expecting plenty of entertainment with our friends in passport control. While waiting for our connecting train in Croatia we bumped into a fellow InterRailer and world traveller extraordinaire!! He was 62! ...and travelling Eastern Europe for a few weeks. He had travelled all over the world and had many entertaining stories and words of wisdom to pass on to us... On the train down to Sarajevo we got taking to a local business man who was working with the Bosnian government and international organisations, to put Bosnia on possible progression towards EU membership in the years ahead. You ... read more

Scott’s parents were over in Europe for a few weeks and we all went to Zagreb and Sarajevo for the long Bank holiday weekend. Setting out late Friday evening, we arrived in to Zagreb just before 11 and then managed to get a bus into the city and then a taxi to our pokey little hotel. It was central so we forgave it for being tiny. The following morning we went out walking to the main square where there was a large statue of a man on a horse surrounded by huge billboards for Ray Bans, Pepie Jeans and other similar products. The markets behind the square were full of local Saturday morning shoppers; the fruit and veggies were super fresh and we sacked on strawberries and bananas. We then commenced a walking route around the ... read more

Sarajevo tiene tres ciudades en una que pertenecen a tiempos diferentes: la parte otomana con sus casas, mezquitas, cementerios, el zoco y la fuente; la parte realizada en la época que perteneció al imperioAustro-Húngaro con sus edificios neoclasicos centroeuropeos como la biblitoeca en estilo morisco, los cafés, calles e iglesias y por último, la ciudad del siglo XX. Saraybosna'da birde üç kentedir, hepsi frakli dönemde kalma. Birinci osmanli kente, evleri, kahveler, camiler, çarsi, sebil; XIX yy. kalma avustrurya imperatorlugu döneminde birçok ev, tiyatro, belediye saray, neoklsik tarzi veya oriental, kutuphane gibi, sonunda XX yy kalma yugoslav veya bosniak. ... read more